Tesco wtf?

[melted welly]

We normally shop in Aldi or Lidl, however due to time constraints, the only place open late this week was Tesco.

amongst the purchases was a pack of British lamb chops. We’ve just had them for tea, what started out as smallish chops, ended up about 2.5” square, and reduced to around 10mm thick, pan full of water. This doesn’t happen with Aldi or Lidl lamb.

Why?

What does Tesco do to theirs?

If that’s what it’s all like, they’re doing the anti-meat movement a big favour. I wouldn’t buy their lamb chops again.

 

[bobk]

We normally shop in Aldi or Lidl, however due to time constraints, the only place open late this week was Tesco.

amongst the purchases was a pack of British lamb chops. We’ve just had them for tea, what started out as smallish chops, ended up about 2.5” square, and reduced to around 10mm thick, pan full of water. This doesn’t happen with Aldi or Lidl lamb.

Why?

What does Tesco do to theirs?

If that’s what it’s all like, they’re doing the anti-meat movement a big favour. I wouldn’t buy their lamb chops again.

Hello .... Aldi and Lidl have caused all this shite .

 

[deleted user 837354]

So they can sell salty water (cheap) instead of actual lamb (expensive).

 

[M-J-G]

Hello .... Aldi and Lidl have caused all this shite .

Well big don, let's hear you justify that...

 

[Chae1]

We did a thing at college down at auchincruive where we weighed food before and after cooking. It was basically about processors adding water to meat and selling it. Was called phosphites or something similar if I remember correctly.

This was processed meat though, sausages and bacon. Not sure how they would add water to a chop? Inject it.

 

[melted welly]

Hello .... Aldi and Lidl have caused all this shite .

how do you figure that? By having a leaner business model and less shite, micromanaged staff and duplication in their stores?

 

[melted welly]

We did a thing at college down at auchincruive where we weighed food before and after cooking and weighed them. It was basically about processors adding water to meat and selling it. Was called phosphites or something similar if I remember correctly.

This was processed meat though, sausages and bacon. Not sure how they would add water to a chop? Inject it.

nothing listed as additives, or maybe doesn’t need to if part of production process.

 

[bobk]

how do you figure that? By having a leaner business model and less shite, micromanaged staff and and duplication in their stores?

Are they making money ? or trying to gain market share .
Tesco need to leave them to it .

 

[Northeastfarmer]

We normally shop in Aldi or Lidl, however due to time constraints, the only place open late this week was Tesco.

amongst the purchases was a pack of British lamb chops. We’ve just had them for tea, what started out as smallish chops, ended up about 2.5” square, and reduced to around 10mm thick, pan full of water. This doesn’t happen with Aldi or Lidl lamb.

Why?

What does Tesco do to theirs?

If that’s what it’s all like, they’re doing the anti-meat movement a big favour. I wouldn’t buy their lamb chops again.

I wouldn’t bother going into Tesco ever again if I were you

 

[melted welly]

Are they making money ? or trying to gain market share .
Tesco need to leave them to it .

they are, they’re also more straightforward to supply, have more realistic cosmetic standards and don’t employ clipboard wielding arseholes who turn up unannounced for spot inspections.

And they pay their staff more.

All without having to pull smoke and mirror marketing schemes and fill their meat with water.

 

[deleted user 837354]

I wouldn’t bother going into Tesco ever again if I were you

Their other products are fine, certainly the fruit and veg on offer in our local Tesco is insanely good quality and plenty of it, too. But supermarket meat largely is all pants except perhaps the Gressingham duck which is supplied 'as is' by the suppliers themselves.

 

[bobk]

they are, they’re also more straightforward to supply, have more realistic cosmetic standards and don’t employ clipboard wielding arseholes who turn up unannounced for spot inspections.

And they pay their staff more.

All without having to pull smoke and mirror marketing schemes and fill their meat with water.

Supplied much to Aldi ?

 

[Chae1]

nothing listed as additives, or maybe doesn’t need to if part of production process.

Wonder if the could soak it in some sort of brine and water would be absorbed into meat by osmosis. Due to different water concentrations.

Just found this! So they can add up to 5% water without putting it on label!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Their other products are fine, certainly the fruit and veg on offer in our local Tesco is insanely good quality and plenty of it, too. But supermarket meat largely is all pants except perhaps the Gressingham duck which is supplied 'as is' by the suppliers themselves.

What’s pants about supermarket meat? It comes from the same cattle that butchers buy out the cattle mart

 

[average farmer]

Never shop at Tesco or Asda they always seem very poor quality compared to Morrisons or Aldi

 

[deleted user 837354]

What’s pants about supermarket meat? It comes from the same cattle that butchers buy out the cattle mart

Have you bought any of it? Not a patch on the bulk of the stuff I buy from the butchers. Nothing to do with the animals is comes from, more to do with what happens after it's all cut up... For starters, most supermarket meat is too lean.

 

[melted welly]

I wouldn’t bother going into Tesco ever again if I were you

1st actual shop there in 12yrs

Supplied much to Aldi ?

Yes, carrots. You?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Have you bought any of it? Not a patch on the bulk of the stuff I buy from the butchers. Nothing to do with the animals is comes from, more to do with what happens after it's all cut up... For starters, most supermarket meat is too lean.

Supermarket meat is no leaner than butchers beef, well not Morrison’s anyway, I’ve sent them plenty

 

[Chae1]

1st actual shop there in 12yrs


Yes, carrots. You?

You could put 1.4t of water on a 28t load and not declare it going by food standard rules.

 

[bobk]

1st actual shop there in 12yrs


Yes, carrots. You?

Aye .